Question Unable to format USB flash drive

[DarkLibra]

I'm currently having a problem regarding formatting my flash drive. It shows this error.

"DiskPart has encountered an error: A device which does not exist was specified.
See the System Event Log for more information."

after using CMD to clean it. This flash drive was used previously with a macOS bootable installer.
I even tried erasing on my Mac, but with no luck.

I need your expertise on this matter, thanks!

 

[lvt]

I have fixed a couple of old USB flash drives using Minitool Partition Wizard (for Win).

You should try it, it's free.

 

[DarkLibra]

I have fixed a couple of old USB flash drives using Minitool Partition Wizard (for Win).

You should try it, it's free.

May I ask what options or settings I should configure?

 

[DarkLibra]

I have fixed a couple of old USB flash drives using Minitool Partition Wizard (for Win).

You should try it, it's free.

It seems like, with every option I processed, nothing happened.

 

[lvt]

It seems like, with every option I processed, nothing happened.

Do you see your USB drive in the list?

 

[DarkLibra]

Do you see your USB drive in the list?

Yes, I tried initializing it to GPT, wiped the entire drive, and created partitions with no luck.

 

[lvt]

Yes, I tried initializing it to GPT, wiped the entire drive, and created partitions with no luck.

Try to delete all the existing partitions then create a new one, then format.

 

[DarkLibra]

Try to delete all the existing partitions then create a new one, then format.

No existing partitions are active as of the moment, but it still fails to format.

 

[lvt]

No existing partitions are active as of the moment, but it still fails to format.

Can you create a new partition on that drive?

 

[DarkLibra]

Can you create a new partition on that drive?

It seems like I can't. cmd, disk management, disk utility, and terminal can't create.

 

[DarkLibra]

It seems like I can't. cmd, disk management, disk utility, and terminal can't create.

Can you create a new partition on that drive?

Is there any way for me to recover this flash drive?

 

[dwd999]

Is there any way for me to recover this flash drive?

Last resort: you could try a drive wipe utility like dban or active killdisk. You do not have to wipe the entire usb. You can just let run for a minute so that the initial area of the drive is wiped and then use a partitioning tool like gparted to create a new GPT partition initializer. After that normal partitioning and formatting may work. Otherwise you may have to write them off as dead.

 

[CountMike]

It's dead Jim. Not able to write to or format is one of most common sign it's dead or dying.